Diario de happybird44

Today is the 19th day of #30DaysWild! Annual challenge from the UK Wildlife Trusts.

No walk today. Just a quick look around the garden.
On a more positive note, I received a box of field guides from NHBS today, so hopefully my ID skills will improve once I read them (NHBS have them on sale until the end of this month).

New species I saw today;

• Drilus flavescens
• True Horse Fly (Genus Tabanus)

(a full list of everything I saw can be found here; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2024-06-19&place_id=any&user_id=happybird44&verifiable=any)

Today is the 18th day of #30DaysWild! Annual challenge from the UK Wildlife Trusts.

A looping walk today from Shadwell DLR to wapping woods, around Shadwell basin, back through the woods and back to Shadwell DLR station.

New species I saw today;

• Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) AKA yarrow
• Meadow Crane's-Bill (Geranium pratense)
• Water Beard Grass (Polypogon viridis) AKA Water Bent
• Hoary Willowherb (Epilobium parviflorum)
• Bear's Breeches (Acanthus mollis)
• White Campion (Silene latifolia)
• Duckweeds (Genus Lemna)
• Hidcote Tutsan (Hypericum × hidcoteense)

(a full list of everything I saw can be found here; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2024-06-18&place_id=any&user_id=happybird44&verifiable=any)

Today is the 17th day of #30DaysWild! Annual challenge from the UK Wildlife Trusts.

A lunchtime walk around Mudchute Park and Farm today. I saw a large murder of crows in one field, and a small wren hunting in a woodpile. My personal highlight though was a couple of Long-tailed Tit's in a Fir tree.

New species I saw today;

• Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
• European Black Elderberry (Sambucus nigra) AKA Elder
• European Mountain Ash (Sorbus aucuparia) AKA rowan
• Mock Oranges (Genus Philadelphus)

(a full list of everything I saw can be found here; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2024-06-17&place_id=any&user_id=happybird44&verifiable=any)

Today is the 16th day of #30DaysWild! Annual challenge from the UK Wildlife Trusts.

Folkestone again today, sandy and stoney beaches. It was much sunnier today and the wind while still present was a lot less.

(a full list of everything I saw can be found here; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2024-06-16&place_id=any&user_id=happybird44&verifiable=any)

Today is the 15th day of #30DaysWild! Annual challenge from the UK Wildlife Trusts.

A very breezy walk along Sunny Sands beach and along East Cliff headland in Folkestone. I particularly liked the new plants I saw.

New species I saw today;

• Angular Sea-Fig (Carpobrotus glaucescens)
• Tree Mallow (Malva arborea)
• Common Milkpea (Galega officinalis) AKA goat's-rue
• White Stonecrop (Sedum album)
• Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)
• Common Kidney-Vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria)
• Spongy Moth (Lymantria dispar)

(a full list of everything I saw can be found here; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2024-06-15&place_id=any&user_id=happybird44&verifiable=any)

Today is the 14th day of #30DaysWild! Annual challenge from the UK Wildlife Trusts.

Brief look around Bushy Ruff Park again. Saw a large wasp feeding, a butterfly, a damselfly (not photographed), and some more usual insects. I observed my first Spittlebug and saw a Ground Hopper that looked like it was wearing armour.

New species I saw today;

• yet to be ID'd Spittlebug
• yet to be ID'd Ground Hopper, Genus Tetrix
• German Yellowjacket (Vespula germanica) AKA German Wasp (English)
• Bird's-foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) AKA common bird's-foot trefoil (English)
• Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus)

(a full list of everything I saw can be found here; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2024-06-14&place_id=any&user_id=happybird44&verifiable=any)

Today is the 13th day of #30DaysWild! Annual challenge from the UK Wildlife Trusts.

No walk today, just a few insects from the back yard.

(a full list of everything I saw can be found here; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2024-06-13&place_id=any&user_id=happybird44&verifiable=any)

Today is the 12th day of #30DaysWild! Annual challenge from the UK Wildlife Trusts.

Brief look around Bushy Ruff Park.

New species I saw today;

• Centipede (genus)
• Black Medick (Medicago lupulina)
• Red-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus lapidarius)
• Common Marble (Syricoris lacunana)
• Common Nettle-Tap (Anthophila fabriciana)

(a full list of everything I saw can be found here; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2024-06-12&place_id=any&user_id=happybird44&verifiable=any)

Today is the 11th day of #30DaysWild! Annual challenge from the UK Wildlife Trusts.

Walked today from Limehouse Basin, along Regent's Canal following the Jubilee Greenway to Mile End Park, then continued along the canal until reaching Mile End station. I saw the usual coots, moorhens and geese along the canal, but was really amazed by the number and variety of plants along the towpath. Sadly also saw one dead rat (probably poisoned).

New species I saw today;

• Mile End Jumping Spider (Macaroeris nidicolens)
• Tall Nightshade (Solanum chenopodioides)
• Bladder Campion (Silene vulgaris)
• Love-in-a-Mist (Nigella damascena)
• Slender Thistle (Carduus tenuiflorus)
• Common Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris)
• Viper's-Bugloss (Echium vulgare)
• Annual Wall-Rocket (Diplotaxis muralis)
• Wild Carrot (Daucus carota)
• Common Valerian (Valeriana officinalis)
• Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus)

(a full list of everything I saw can be found here; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2024-06-11&place_id=any&user_id=happybird44&verifiable=any)

Today is the 10th day of #30DaysWild! Annual challenge from the UK Wildlife Trusts.

A complete walk of the perimeter of Millwall Dock today. Some waterbirds, but almost no insects.

New species I saw today;

• Narrow-leaved Ragwort (Senecio inaequidens)

(a full list of everything I saw can be found here; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2024-06-10&place_id=any&user_id=happybird44&verifiable=any)